Finance Concentration

Banking, international finance, investments, currency trading, money management, financial analysis -- sound like you? These are but a few of the careers developed through the finance concentration.

There are several key features of the curriculum that will benefit you if you are seeking a career in finance:

• It is practical. Course content is dictated by the skills and knowledge sets you need to succeed in a finance career rather than by traditional academic interests.
• It is sequenced to synchronize the timing of your finance training to the timing of your job search. Technical skills useful in summer internships and initial interviews are emphasized early in the curriculum and more complex integrative skills are developed later as you approach job site visits and graduation.
• It is modular; many courses extend over 7-week sessions and carry 1.5 credit-hours. This structure allows Freeman to deliver more focused, topically-oriented courses, and allows you greater flexibility in choosing electives.

This is a distinct advantage of the Freeman School's finance curriculum. Courses tie your training more tightly to the needs of the companies that recruit you, and hence, more tightly to your interests as you face a competitive job market.

Concentration in Finance
Students may earn a concentration in finance by completing the following 12 credit hours:

First year, spring semester
Session 1:
FINC 711 Options (1.5 credit hours)
FINC 715 Fixed Income Analytics (1.5 credit hours)

Session 2:
FINC 710 Corporate Financing Policy (1.5 credit hours)
FINC 774 Financial Modeling (1.5 credit hours)

Second year, fall semester
FINC 727 Valuation and Financing Enterprises (3 credit hours)
INC 748 Investments (3 credit hours)

Courses taken in the first year are technical courses designed to expand students' analytical skills. Second-year courses are designed to deepen students' understanding of key subjects in finance and to development their skills in judgment.

Students pursuing the finance concentration are encouraged to take Enterprise Valuation for Practice of Management II (GMGT 626) and Equity Analysis for Practice of Management III (GMGT 629).

Electives in Finance:
Currency and Exchange Rates
Ethics in Accounting and Finance
Fixed Income Exotics
Energy Markets, Institutions, and Policy I
Energy Markets, Institutions, and Policy II
Strategic Analysis in Finance
Corporate Risk Management
Equity Analysis
Valuation Financing Enterprises
Real Options and Advanced Valuation: Modeling and Energy Finance
Corporate Governance and Restructuring
Venture Capital and Private Equity
International Finance
Real Estate Planning Finance and Development
Topics in International Finance
Darwin Fenner Student Managed Fund
Fundamental and Technical Trading
Energy Markets Portfolio Analysis